Todd Richards opens up this week with a snowboard review of the Jackpot by Yes Snowboards. Richards breaks down some of the specs on the Jackpot before taking it to the slopes for the real test. Top 5 videos opens up with a little MegaRamp crash at Woodward West then riding with the crew, which leads right into the Ho crew of Hawaii ripping the waves up right. Jeremy Jones hits the shortest day in Alaska and rides it for everything it is worth. Then opening weekend in Mammoth is not only snowboarding goodness but skating as well. The top video this week is Bryan Fox and his video graph part described by Todd as the Kid Rock of snowboarding. Richards rants about the trick names in surfing and how they are steering away from the already established tricks in skating and snowboarding. Listen to Richards as he compares the tricks from the different sports.

Teammates Cooper Webb and Aaron Plessinger have very different personalities, and while they might have similar lap times in practice, one of them is among the series’ points leaders while the other hasn’t yet managed a single podium finish